David Steven Jacoby is a supply chain expert and educator, teaching graduate Operations Management and Supply Chain Management at New York University’s Stern School of Business and Tandon School of Engineering as well as the University of Pennsylvania‘s Wharton School of Business.  He is a Senior Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for Global Sustainability. Mr. Jacoby has contributed extensively to the field of supply chain management, having written seven books including Guide to Supply Chain Management for The Economist, Reinventing the Energy Value Chain for PennWell Books, Getting to Net Zero: Decarbonizing Businesses and Supply Chains, and others. With an MBA and a Master of Arts from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his academic, investment policy, and business leadership roles. Jacoby’s work, spanning over 50 countries, focuses on leveraging international supply chain insights to enhance business sustainability, efficiency and growth.

David is the Managing Director of Boston Strategies International, a consultancy that helps energy producers, fleet and property owners, and equipment manufacturers implement technology solutions that reduce cost and carbon footprint, and he represents Carbon Reform in decarbonizing supply chains around the globe. He is on or has served as an advisory board member at ViziApps and New York Energy Week and a judge for MIT’s Capstone Thesis and the International Supply Chain Educational Association‘s (ISCEA) Prize for Supply Chain Excellence. He was previously an international management consultant at Kearney and Oliver Wyman in the United States, France, Brazil, Hong Kong, and elsewhere.

David is passionate about building businesses that transform global supply chains. Based on extensive management experience in energy, automotive, transport, and retail managing and advising executive leadership teams, he has deep and practical first-hand knowledge of what’s on the other end of your international supply chain. He holds supply chain certifications including C.P.M. CTL, CIRM, CFPM, CSCP, and AEE, and his academic and professional contributions to the field of supply chain management span hundreds of publications and media events. 

AI/IoT/Digital Transformation: Cisco, FICO, IRI, Microsoft, NEC, SAP, tech ventures/spin-offs, etc.

Auto/Transport/Mobility: BNSF, CSX, FedEx, Fiat, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, SNECMA, Volvo, VW, ZF, etc.

Power/Energy: Avangrid, Aramco, BP, Iberdrola, Raytheon, Siemens, Vattenfall, etc.

Telecommunications & Electrical Distribution: France Telecom, Schneider Electric, etc.

Industrial Manufacturers: Siemens, ThyssenKrupp, Cabot Corp., CBMM, Vale, Georgia Pacific, Minerals Technologies, Trumpf, ZF, etc.

Medical and Pharmaceutical companies: Pfizer, Boston Scientific, Charles River Laboratories, SpineFrontier, etc.

Retailers and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers: Gillette, Sears, Galeries Lafayette, A.T. Cross, Rent-A-Center, etc.

Law Firms: Duane Morris, Kirkland & Ellis, Carmody & Torrance, etc.

Government Agencies: US Department of Transportation, the Mexican Agency for Ecology & Climate Change, the New York City Housing Authority, etc.

Investors: Credit Suisse, The World Bank, Bank of Montreal (BMO), etc.

Contract Solution Providers and EPCs: Raytheon, Wood Group, Iron Mountain, etc.

While based in Paris, Dubai, Hong Kong, São Paulo, Dammam, New York, and elsewhere, David has led teams in Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, and other countries.

Click here to listen to a podcast interview about David’s story, with Jim Zelem.

Click here to listen to a podcast interview “Decoding the Net Zero Backtrack: Insights from Game Theory,” with me, by Anita Kelava and VOIZ Academy.

Books & Publications